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Last heavy week of this training cycle. Log clean and presses for
singles again. Definitely not fresh as these felt like more muscle then I
would have liked was involved on these. I rushed the clean on the
second heavy single and it made things a little tougher for the press.
Plus it bug my right biceps. I made sure I didn’t screw things up on the
last one. Easiest 300lbs or more has felt with a clean on log (granted
I’ve only done it five times in my life haha). Then onto circus dumbbell
after that. This was going to be tough. Plan was to hit contest weight
for a double with both sides after doing last week’s weight for a
double. A little slop on both sides with the first double but I didn’t
dwell on it as the big jump was my main concern. Right side has been
weaker ever since I injured my thumb a few years back training with a
3.5” thick handled dumbbell. If I got the weight even once, it would be a
huge PR. I gave it the old college try but it wasn’t happening. My weak
side has made a bit improvement but not enough for me to be
ambidextrous at Nats haha. After the double miss with the right, I had
to make up for it with the left. I got the double but it was almost
anticlimactic with how not impossible it felt. Down set for reps wasn’t
bad, just not used to the breathing but could definitely do ten each
side if needed. Left wrist started to ache after that; going to have to
watch that. Shoulders beat so dips again were a struggle. I was
concerned as my right biceps felt like it was vibrating in my arm while
doing these. No pain, just very hard reps with this weight. Pull aparts
were good, tried to change my grip each set for variation and tried to
mix things up as far as where I felt the focus in the shoulder girdle.
With log lockouts, I had to use the power rack this time but I made sure
that I adjusted the thing so that matched the squat rack as best I
could. Honestly, this felt way easier than I was expecting that I had to
do multiple double takes to make sure I was doing the right weight. If I
had gotten one more rep, it would have been a 50lbs PR haha. Scapular
work with the bands was pretty easy comparatively to the last few
sessions. No hand issues of any kind.

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I’m a little taller than 6′7″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a
competitor in amature strongman contests. Right now, I'm training for the Beast of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY on April 28, 2018. My hope is to become a competitive
professional strongman. I’m not a major competitor yet and I have a long way to go but I’m having fun.